Listeria monocytogenes as novel carrier system for the development of live vaccines

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 45-58

  Schoen, Christoph ^a   Loeffler, Daniela I M ^a   Frentzen, Alexa ^a   Pilgrim, Sabine ^a   Goebel, Werner ^a   Stritzker, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen delivery; DNA delivery; Listeria monocytogenes; RNA delivery; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; DNA; LIVE VACCINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; PLASMID DNA; RNA; TRYPTOPHAN TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CYTOSOL; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HOST CELL; LETHALITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLASMID; SHORT SURVEY; TRPS GENE;

EID: 36749004486     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.09.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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